First Man into Space (1959)

Directed by

Robert Day

Genre

horror film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Navy pilot defies orders to make a risky space flight. After a mysterious incident in orbit, he returns to Earth changed into something unholy and deadly. His brother, a test pilot, must deal with the consequences.

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What happens

First Man into Space is a 1959 independently made British-American black-and-white science fiction-horror film directed by Robert Day and starring Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Bill Edwards, and Robert Ayres. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamated Films and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was first released in February 1959. The film is based on a story by Wyott Ordung, while the plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by AIP. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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